2007 BWF World Championships
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13–19 August |
| Edition | 16th |
| Level | International |
| Venue | Putra Indoor Stadium |
| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Events at the 2007 BWF World Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
The 2007 BWF World Championships was the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007.
Host city selection
[edit ]Aarhus [1] and Kuala Lumpur were the candidates for hosting the championships. Kuala Lumpur was later announced as the host during 2005 IBF council meeting in Beijing.[2] China also expressed interest, but ultimately did not bid.[1]
Venue
[edit ]Participating nations
[edit ]A total of 55 countries qualified to participating in this tournament. Below is the list of countries with the parentheses indicates the number of players eligible.
- Algeria (1)
- Australia (4)
- Austria (3)
- Belgium (3)
- Belarus (1)
- Brazil (4)
- Bulgaria (10)
- Canada (12)
- China (24)
- Czech Republic (4)
- Denmark (15)
- Egypt (2)
- England (18)
- Spain (4)
- Estonia (2)
- Finland (3)
- France (9)
- Germany (13)
- Guatemala (2)
- Hong Kong (10)
- Indonesia (21)
- India (8)
- Ireland (3)
- Iran (1)
- Iceland (1)
- Italy (4)
- Japan (15)
- Kenya (2)
- South Korea (13)
- Lithuania (1)
- Malaysia (26)
- Mongolia (2)
- Mauritius (1)
- Netherlands (10)
- New Zealand (6)
- Peru (3)
- Philippines (6)
- Poland (5)
- Portugal (3)
- Romania (3)
- South Africa (4)
- Russia (9)
- Scotland (5)
- Seychelles (2)
- Singapore (10)
- Slovenia (5)
- Sri Lanka (4)
- Switzerland (5)
- Slovakia (1)
- Sweden (3)
- Chinese Taipei (5)
- Ukraine (4)
- United States (11)
- Vietnam (1)
- Wales (1)
Notable is, Thailand is the only country announced the withdrawal from the tournament by choosing to attend the World University Games, the event which clash with the Championships, they have several players who qualified for this tournament.[3]
Medalists
[edit ]Medal table
[edit ]* Host nation (Malaysia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Malaysia* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |
Events
[edit ]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles details |
China Lin Dan | Indonesia Sony Dwi Kuncoro | China Bao Chunlai |
| China Chen Yu | |||
| Women's singles details |
China Zhu Lin | Hong Kong Wang Chen | China Zhang Ning |
| China Lu Lan | |||
| Men's doubles details |
Indonesia Markis Kido Indonesia Hendra Setiawan |
South Korea Jung Jae-sung South Korea Lee Yong-dae |
Malaysia Choong Tan Fook Malaysia Lee Wan Wah |
| Japan Shuichi Sakamoto Japan Shintaro Ikeda | |||
| Women's doubles details |
China Yang Wei China Zhang Jiewen |
China Gao Ling China Huang Sui |
China Zhang Yawen China Wei Yili |
| Japan Kumiko Ogura Japan Reiko Shiota | |||
| Mixed doubles details |
Indonesia Nova Widianto Indonesia Liliyana Natsir |
China Zheng Bo China Gao Ling |
Indonesia Flandy Limpele Indonesia Vita Marissa |
| China Xie Zhongbo China Zhang Yawen |
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Badminton VM kommer næppe til Århus". aarhusportalen.dk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Kuala Lumpur to host 2007 badminton worlds". en.people.cn. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Thais serve first shock of the championship". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2007.